Severina Kojić (née Vučković, born 21 April 1972),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severina_(singer)known professionally as Severina, is a Croatian pop singer. In 2006, the Croatian weekly Nacional listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only bona fide Croatian celebrity".She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, Greece, with the song Moja Štikla, finishing 12th. In 2015, she was the most googled person in Croatia and Slovenia
Severina's style can be described as pop with various folk and cabaret influences. As a child, she took smaller parts in theatre and opera productions in her native Split. During the 1980s, having won
numerous awards at local festivals, she launched her professional career at an early age, which ultimately resulted in her moving to Zagreb in 1989 to expand her career further
After a two-year break, she released her 8th studio album Severgreen in 2004. This was her first bigger project and public appearance after the sex-tape scandal which occurred in 2003. The album was influenced by jazz music. Severina sang about her hard decisions and struggle to overcome public shame, in the song "Na sceni sama" she captured the emotion of the public by singing: "Even when lies and noisiness try to destroy me, I still stand alone in the spotlight". Although the album did not achieve as great success as the previous projects, Severina continued to work hard and fought her way back. In 2006, she won the Dora 2006 festival with the song "Moja štikla" and represented Croatia at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, on May 20, 2006, finishing 13th with 56 points. The song caused some controversy in Croatia when a few journalists and musicologists claimed the song resembled the music of Serbia. However, prominent Croatian ethno-musicians such as Dunja Knebl and Lidija Bajuk disagreed, and both the song's composer Boris Novković and Severina herself have claimed that the song includes Croatian folk music influences from the Dalmatian Zagora (Inner Dalmatia) such as ganga and rere singing and lijerica instrumentation. After the contest she started working on her 10th studio album together with Goran Begovic, one of the most successful music composers in the Balkans
Discography[edit]
Studio albums
1989 – Severina
1993 – Dalmatinka
1995 – Trava zelena
1996 – Moja stvar
1998 – Djevojka sa sela
1999 – Ja samo pjevam
2001 – Pogled ispod obrva
2004 – Severgreen
2008 – Zdravo Marijo
2012 – Dobrodošao u klub
EPs
2004 – Bojate Bane Buski
2006 – Moja štikla
2006 – Moja štikla / Moj sokole
Live albums
1993 – Paloma nera - uživo
2002 – Virujen u te (najbolje uživo!)
2010 – Tridesete - uživo
2014 – Dobrodošao u klub live
Sex tape scandal[edit]
In 2004 Vučković was involved in an internationally reported sex scandal after a sex tape featuring her and Bosnian Croat businessman Milan Lučić leaked onto the Internet, which was reported by the Croatian online tabloid Index.hr. The graphic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severina_(singer)known professionally as Severina, is a Croatian pop singer. In 2006, the Croatian weekly Nacional listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only bona fide Croatian celebrity".She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, Greece, with the song Moja Štikla, finishing 12th. In 2015, she was the most googled person in Croatia and Slovenia
Severina's style can be described as pop with various folk and cabaret influences. As a child, she took smaller parts in theatre and opera productions in her native Split. During the 1980s, having won
numerous awards at local festivals, she launched her professional career at an early age, which ultimately resulted in her moving to Zagreb in 1989 to expand her career further
After a two-year break, she released her 8th studio album Severgreen in 2004. This was her first bigger project and public appearance after the sex-tape scandal which occurred in 2003. The album was influenced by jazz music. Severina sang about her hard decisions and struggle to overcome public shame, in the song "Na sceni sama" she captured the emotion of the public by singing: "Even when lies and noisiness try to destroy me, I still stand alone in the spotlight". Although the album did not achieve as great success as the previous projects, Severina continued to work hard and fought her way back. In 2006, she won the Dora 2006 festival with the song "Moja štikla" and represented Croatia at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, on May 20, 2006, finishing 13th with 56 points. The song caused some controversy in Croatia when a few journalists and musicologists claimed the song resembled the music of Serbia. However, prominent Croatian ethno-musicians such as Dunja Knebl and Lidija Bajuk disagreed, and both the song's composer Boris Novković and Severina herself have claimed that the song includes Croatian folk music influences from the Dalmatian Zagora (Inner Dalmatia) such as ganga and rere singing and lijerica instrumentation. After the contest she started working on her 10th studio album together with Goran Begovic, one of the most successful music composers in the Balkans
Discography[edit]
Studio albums
1989 – Severina
1993 – Dalmatinka
1995 – Trava zelena
1996 – Moja stvar
1998 – Djevojka sa sela
1999 – Ja samo pjevam
2001 – Pogled ispod obrva
2004 – Severgreen
2008 – Zdravo Marijo
2012 – Dobrodošao u klub
EPs
2004 – Bojate Bane Buski
2006 – Moja štikla
2006 – Moja štikla / Moj sokole
Live albums
1993 – Paloma nera - uživo
2002 – Virujen u te (najbolje uživo!)
2010 – Tridesete - uživo
2014 – Dobrodošao u klub live
Sex tape scandal[edit]
In 2004 Vučković was involved in an internationally reported sex scandal after a sex tape featuring her and Bosnian Croat businessman Milan Lučić leaked onto the Internet, which was reported by the Croatian online tabloid Index.hr. The graphic
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